The hidden door: A tale of a young knight

*A little sidebar. My son is using his imagination right now and creating his own worlds. I am in love with how adventurous he has become and how he uses his imagination. My mother told me for years that I was the same way. I would create stories out of inanimate objects. Here is a story I created of his adventures.

The hot day did nothing to deter the little knight from his quest. He noticed the table in the corner was broken and needed his architectural skills. He used his ever-growing bag of tools to fix the table and started putting them away in the chest. 

This was then, when he noticed the white door. It was innocuous and most people when traveling across the realm, their eyes would slide over the wall and the little knight believed no one else could see it but him. He snuck by the queen and grabbed the sparkly keys on the table and ran back to the door. None of the keys seemed to work. 

The little knight got frustrated. Each time he tried a new key, ten new keys popped up in its place. Finally, the little knight sat down getting discouraged. As he stared at the lock, he noticed a ridiculously small design near the lock. It looked like a fingerprint, but it was the same size as his fingers. He smiled and laughed heartily. He popped up off the floor and tried one of the Queen's keys again. This time he tucked the finger of his other hand under the lock on top of the design. As he did so a resultant click of the white door unlocking meant he had finally got it open!

He pushed the door open to find the gateway to another world. As he walked through the door, he noticed everything was like one of his books! He walked out into the world behind the door. When he shut the door behind them, he noticed HIS door had melted into the bark of a tree. He could see the little insignia of his fingerprint. The little knight knew this was his adventure.

He walked into town when he found the people were all scared! They were being destroyed by two vicious creatures. A dragon and a vicious tiger had been picking off villagers and destroying the buildings. The little knight looked around and asked if he could be of service. Even though he was little, he was pure of heart and knew he could help the village. 

He was pointed in the direction of the mountains nearby. The dangerous creatures made their way into town from that direction. The little knight made sure he had his sword and shield and ran off in the direction of the mountain. He was enveloped by the rancid smell of animals as he got closer. The ground started shaking underneath his feet. Even though he had felt an earthquake, the ground shaking was not an earthquake. It was more like the shaking of when something big falls. The little knight moved closer and found an interesting sight. A brown dragon with spikes was on his back and was fast asleep. That was not the weirdest thing. On his belly, which was radiating warmth, was the head of a completely black tiger. They were both asleep and seemed to enjoy each other's company. The little knight steeled his courage and moved closer.

As he got close enough to smell. The tiger and dragon opened their eyes and looked at him with curiosity. They had never smelled or ever seen such a small knight. Even though the dragon loved eating humans, he did not think he could eat such a little knight. The tiger started purring. He got up and moved closer to the little knight. The knight froze waiting to see if he was in danger. He did not feel like he was in danger but could not be sure. The tiger moved until the knight could feel his warm breath on his face. He stared at the green eyes of the tiger, not showing he was afraid. The tiger lolled his tongue out and licked the small knight from his chin to his hair. The little knight giggled.

The little knight knew he could not hurt these guys. Yet he knew he was tasked with taking care of the village. He sat down and thought about it until his brain was sore. He had an idea that might work well for everyone. As he explained his idea the dragon and tiger looked at each other with a grin. When night fell, the little knight beckoned to the dragon and tiger to follow him. 

He made his way on the outskirts of town keeping to the line of the trees. With each move they got closer to the secret door. Finally, the little knight reached the door and placed his fingers on the little mark. A door opened inwards, as he was beckoning to the dragon and tiger, he heard a rallying cry from the villagers. They had heard them moving around the trees and knew something was afoot. They did not want to see the dragon and tiger leave. The villagers ran as fast as their feel could carry them. The little knight knew he had to act. He pushed the tiger through the door. The dragon got stuck on his spikes and his toes got stuck. He roared trying to get loose. Finally, he slipped through the door. The little knight shut the door behind him as he yelled, "Sorry!" He was back in his own little world.

He was startled by something rubbing up against his leg. The little knight saw a full black kitten with green eyes gazing up at him. Climbing up his leg he also saw a little brown bearded dragon. He giggled and clapped his hands, glad his little creatures made it! He made his way home to the queen with his new pets. 

They named the bearded dragon Frank, or Frankie to the little knight. The cat, although feisty, was named Ichabod after the Queen's favorite character. They lived happily ever after...until the next adventure.